serge en · NOUN · etymology 1
Pronunciation
- /sɜːd͡ʒ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- (Southern-England) audio
- /sɝd͡ʒ/ (General-American)
Etymology
From Middle English sarge, from Old French sarge, serge, from Vulgar Latin *sarica, from Latin sērica (“silken, silk things”), from Ancient Greek σηρικός (sērikós, “silken”), from σήρ (sḗr, “silkworm”) + -ικός (-ikós, “-ic”), possibly from Old Chinese 絲 (*sə, “silk”). Doublet of silk and seric.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) A type of worsted cloth.
Lucy, who had only seen her in either the large loose wrapping dress of serge, or in the quaint simplicity of the Puritanic garb, then so general in England, could not restrain an exclamation of admiration as she returned to their chamber.
1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XIV, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume III, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 110:What I noticed most strongly was his smell, of hair oil and serge and cigarette smoke, and something else, something intimate and sour and wholly, shockingly other.
1993, John Banville, Ghosts:
- (countable, metonymically, uncountable) A garment made of this fabric.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| serges | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Relateds
Translations (10)
mk ше́виот (type of cloth) · gl sarga (type of cloth) · pt sarja (type of cloth) · cmn 嗶嘰 /哔叽 (type of cloth) · mk серж (type of cloth) · pl serża (type of cloth) · bg шевиот (type of cloth) · pt sarja (type of cloth) · mk ша́јак (type of cloth) · ru са́ржа (type of cloth)